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Old 05-23-2018, 04:12 PM   #1835 (permalink)
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how big

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Originally Posted by sendler View Post
How big? How much was the Tesla BigF'nBattery in South Australia? that is called 100MW/ 125 MWh but is never seen to output more than 40MW and only for a few minutes at a time. And how long will it last?
I can't tell you the specifics,as I'm not sure that they even shared that data in the program.
If it was a coal-fired power plant equivalent-sized PV facility,then,according to Lester Brown circa 2008,this would constitute a 500-MW facility,with 72% operational capacity(operating 6,300 hours/year),producing 3.15-billion kWh/year.
Algeria had plans for a 6,000-MW solar-thermal electric power plant as of June,2007.(they have the potential for 4X total global electricity demand)
The Chinese are experimenting with all known battery technologies,hoping to single out the ideal setup,even if its frog legs and zinc plates.
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